Hans Jonas is considered one of the principal leaders of the ecological doctrine that fights against the hegemony of technical power upon society. We will study the conception of man in Jonas’ ideology through the lens of nature and of responsibility. He brandishes the specter of disaster (“heuristics of fear”) as a guard against technological excesses. He appeals to a prospective, universal an...

Abstract As part of the roundtable, “The Responsibility to Protect in a Changing World Order: Twenty Years since Its Inception,” this essay asks reader consider role that trust, distrust, and ambivalence play enabling constraining use force under pillar three (RtoP). Drawing on interdisciplinary studies it analyzes 2011 military intervention Libya for evidence how help explain positions taken b...

the hijāb is a religious obligation based on numerous sources and jurisprudential arguments. some consider the hijāb as an individual and not a social issue, arguing that it essentially does not fall in the sphere of state interference and even other people’s intervention. the present paper discusses this important and critical issue within the responsibility domain of the islamic state. thus, ...

in recent years, degradation of environment (water and soil resources) by farmers has increase concerns about sustainability of agriculture. farmers’ behaviors affect conservation of these resources and play important role in sustainability of agriculture as well. shiraz county, like other parts of the country, suffers for degradation of soil and water resources. the aim of this study was to pr...

Cosmopolitans often argue that the international community has a humanitarian responsibility to intervene militarily in order to protect vulnerable individuals from violent threats and to pursue the establishment of a condition of cosmopolitan justice based on the notion of a ‘global rule of law’. The purpose of this article is to argue that many of these cosmopolitan claims are incomplete and ...